Towards Real Constitutional Dialogue: the Need for an "Infrastructure" of the European Constitution

TABLE OF CONTENT 1. The gap between “experience” and “vocabulary” in the European constitutional doctrine 2. The European constitutional taboo 3. The European constitutional dilemma 4. The solutions to the dilemma 4.1 The failed “first best” solution: the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe 4.2 The "second best" solution: the European Charter of Fundamental Right 5. Two coordinates for a "substantial" solution: actors and instruments for a European constitutional dialogue 5.1 The actors in the European constitutional “space” 5.2 The legal instruments 6. Conclusion. The “infrastructure” of a pluralistic constitutionalism and its meta-legal conditions